Profiles
When searching for the next restaurant to review, there is no difficulty in finding a door to walk through, certainly not in Omaha with its endless tide of such businesses seeming to sprout up on our...
Downtown Omaha Riverfront. (Courtesty of Greater Omaha Chamber)
Supporting today's workforce and preparing for the future is the focus of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce's new POWER Conference on Oct. 10.
Combining the best of two previous Chamber events -...
It’s often said, love is the universal language. And, one thing is for certain, people love their pets. So there was nothing lost in translation – except the dog, and perhaps a language barrier –...
Did you know that if you “smell,” it may not please everyone, but it could help in locating your lost pet. Nor should you look a lost animal into the eye, but off to the side. Also, it would be a...
While conducting vehicle searches in Anbar Province in Iraq, Corporal Jason L. Dunham engaged the driver of a vehicle after he hopped out of it and physically challenged American troops. The Iraqi...
Today’s News
The entrance sign to Glacier National Park, seen on May 19, 2025. (Micah Drew / Daily Montanan)
Glacier National Park remains open to visitors during the federal government shutdown, which a former superintendent said could lead to trash pileup, a lack of communication for visitors and limited...
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is proposing that President Donald Trump's presidential library be built in a parking lot that is currently used by Miami-Dade College staff and faculty and is adjacent to the Freedom Tower, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, in Miami. (Marta Lavandier / AP Photo)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Miami activist alleges that city officials violated Florida's open government law when they gifted a sizable plot of prime downtown real estate to the state, which then...
Alexandra Pisco (right) plays a game of Scrabble with her parents Rich and Wendy DiCarlo at their home in Derby, Conn. With its high cost of living and proximity to New York City, young people across southwestern Connecticut say they're feeling the economic pressures prompting them to live with their parents. (Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut Media via AP)
A potentially worrisome trend is emerging among young adults. Instead of landing a job and moving to the big city after graduation, many are moving back into their childhood homes instead. About 1.5...
OMAHA — Groundbreaking for the South Omaha “global market” — a food-centric project fueled by a multimillion dollar state grant — brought a parking lot of supporters Thursday to a community known as...
Tylenol, Autism and the Perils of Basic-Level Literacy
Pondiscio: When most Americans lack the reading skills to judge competing claims in critical debates, they are at the mercy of others.
By Robert...
This Week's News
The entrance sign to Glacier National Park, seen on May 19, 2025. (Micah Drew / Daily Montanan)
10/09/2025 - 12:00am
Glacier National Park remains open to visitors during the federal government shutdown, which a former superintendent said could lead to trash pileup, a lack of communication for visitors and limited emergency response operations.
Last month, former...
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is proposing that President Donald Trump's presidential library be built in a parking lot that is currently used by Miami-Dade College staff and faculty and is adjacent to the Freedom Tower, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, in Miami. (Marta Lavandier / AP Photo)
10/09/2025 - 12:00am
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Miami activist alleges that city officials violated Florida's open government law when they gifted a sizable plot of prime downtown real estate to the state, which then transferred it to the foundation for Donald Trump's...
Alexandra Pisco (right) plays a game of Scrabble with her parents Rich and Wendy DiCarlo at their home in Derby, Conn. With its high cost of living and proximity to New York City, young people across southwestern Connecticut say they're feeling the economic pressures prompting them to live with their parents. (Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut Media via AP)
10/09/2025 - 12:00am
A potentially worrisome trend is emerging among young adults. Instead of landing a job and moving to the big city after graduation, many are moving back into their childhood homes instead. About 1.5 million more adults under 35 live with their...
10/09/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — Groundbreaking for the South Omaha “global market” — a food-centric project fueled by a multimillion dollar state grant — brought a parking lot of supporters Thursday to a community known as a landing place for waves of Nebraska immigrants...
10/09/2025 - 12:00am
Tylenol, Autism and the Perils of Basic-Level Literacy
Pondiscio: When most Americans lack the reading skills to judge competing claims in critical debates, they are at the mercy of others.
By Robert Pondiscio
This story first appeared at The 74, a...
10/09/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — About $1.22 billion was unlocked Friday to begin the most visible phase yet of Project Health, an Omaha hospital and training complex described as the largest and most ambitious undertaking in University of Nebraska history.
The NU Board of...
Jane Goodall, The Gentle Disrupter Whose Research On Chimpanzees Redefined What It Meant To Be Human
10/08/2025 - 12:00am
Anyone proposing to offer a master class on changing the world for the better, without becoming negative, cynical, angry or narrow-minded in the process, could model their advice on the life and work of pioneering animal behavior scholar Jane...
10/08/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska has the country’s most or second most overcrowded prison system, depending on who you ask.
Inspector General of the Nebraska Correctional System Doug Koebernick confirmed the rankings in his 2025 annual report released in...
10/08/2025 - 12:00am
With their target in sight, the guerrillas parked and climbed out of the pickup truck.
Moving decisively, the two men lowered the tailgate and hauled the critical cargo across the street, dropping it on a sidewalk in midtown Omaha.
Their mission...
Buildings are reflected behind the logo at an Apple Store, in downtown Chicago, Oct. 19, 2017. (Kiichiro Sato / AP Photo)
10/07/2025 - 12:00am
Apple has taken down an app that uses crowdsourcing to flag sightings of U.S. immigration agents after coming under pressure from the Trump administration.
ICEBlock, a free iPhone-only app that lets users anonymously report and monitor activity by...
A hiring sign is displayed at a post office in Schaumburg, Ill., Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (Nam Y. Huh / AP Photo)
10/07/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — From Wall Street trading floors to the Federal Reserve to economists sipping coffee in their home offices, the first Friday morning of the month typically brings a quiet hush around 8:30 a.m. eastern as everyone awaits the Labor...
10/07/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — After having the biggest gross domestic product loss among states at the start of this year, Nebraska tied for the sixth-highest GDP gains during the second quarter.
The latest report from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis shared that...
10/07/2025 - 12:00am
VALHALLA, New York (AP) — Pepsi has a new challenge: keeping products like Gatorade and Cheetos vivid and colorful without the artificial dyes that U.S. consumers are increasingly rejecting.
PepsiCo, which also makes Doritos, Cap'n Crunch cereal,...
Picture book diorama. (Courtesy of Matt Hebert)
10/07/2025 - 12:00am
Think about a form of art. It doesn’t even have to be “art”. It can just be some type of creative outlet, right? I mean beyond writing, singing, acting, drawing, sculpture, or any kind of color on a two-dimensional canvas. But let’s start with...
10/06/2025 - 12:00am
This story was originally reported by Mariel Padilla of The 19th. Meet Mariel and read more of her reporting on gender, politics and policy.
In an extremely unusual move, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth called hundreds of generals and admirals...
10/06/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors, meeting with budget director Russ Vought on Thursday to talk through “temporary or permanent”...
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10/06/2025 - 12:00am
“And an orator said, ‘Speak to us of Freedom.’ And he answered: ‘At the city gate and by your fireside I have seen you prostrate yourself and worship your own freedom, even as the slaves humble themselves before a tyrant and praise him though he...
10/06/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Two Nebraska lawmakers on the Legislature’s budget-setting committee requested that their panel schedule a public briefing to better understand the planned conversion of a McCook-based state prison into an ICE detention hub.
State Sens....
Judge Jennifer Johnson. (Courtesy of Jennifer Johnson)
10/03/2025 - 12:00am
This story was originally reported by Candice Norwood of The 19th. Meet Candice and read more of her reporting on gender, politics and policy.
Content warning: This article describes a simulation of violence against a public official.
Two years...
10/03/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen and U.S. Reps. Adrian Smith and Mike Flood took a political victory lap Monday with a group of K-12 students at the capital city’s St. Teresa Catholic School.
The group marked the day Pillen opted Nebraska into a...
Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil chants during a rally celebrating his return from immigration detention, June 22, 2025, in New York. (Olga Fedorova / AP Photo)
10/03/2025 - 12:00am
BOSTON (AP) — The Trump administration violated the Constitution when it targeted non-U.S. citizens for deportation solely for supporting Palestinians and criticizing Israel, a federal judged said Tuesday in a scathing ruling directly and sharply...
American actor and environmental activist Robert Redford is pictured during an interview with The Associated Press in Paris, France, as part of the COP21, the United Nations Climate Change conference, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. (Jacques Brinon / AP Photo)
10/03/2025 - 12:00am
Amid the recent roiling seas of public murder and on-purpose mayhem came the news that film star Robert Redford had died at 89. As one among millions who enjoyed his movies — whether acting or directing — I have always been especially struck by...
10/03/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — The federal government started shutting down early Wednesday after Congress failed to approve a funding bill before the beginning of the new fiscal year — resulting in widespread ramifications for hundreds of programs and giving the...
